A lot of people tell me they don’t like Hong Kong. At first, neither did I. The first time I came here in the mid-90s, I had just spent couple of really nice weeks in pre-casino Macao. The comparison was pretty stark: where Macao was nice and quiet, full of piazzas and egg tarts, Hong Kong seemed noisy, pollutedContinue reading “Food in Hong Kong (aka, no love for Jade Panda Garden)”
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‘May God Bless Manchukuo’ A Crisis of Catholic Diplomacy in Northeast Asia: Talk at HKU
A talk from the new book. With thanks to the HKU poster guru for the lovely design! thomas-dubois–poster-draftthomas-dubois–poster-draft
Homeless in Hong Kong
Most people who know me have heard my stories about sleeping in parks in Taipei, or “urban camping” in some of Europe’s more (or less) welcoming cities. Sure it was no fun to be outside, but for the most part it was a matter of choice. I could have called home (that’s right kids, we’re talking aboutContinue reading “Homeless in Hong Kong”
Transformation of Stockbreeding in Hulunbuir: Research presentation at CUHK
With thanks to Li Weiyi for the lovely poster design! Download announcement here: AoE Seminar 2016-3.10 Thomas Dubois Download presentation here: DuBois presentation
Dried beef noodles
It’s been a great week. One of those that’s so action packed that it feels more like a month. Over the past few days, I met with my friends in the local university (呼伦贝尔学院), and squeezed in a good schedule of interviews with local residents in their 70s and 80s. This lineup included a couple of former cadres,Continue reading “Dried beef noodles”
“Harbin isn’t that cold”
Last summer I visited Hailaer 海拉尔 to scout out a project on the development of the northern corridor along the Russian border. The trip was useful, and Hailaer was charming–a quiet yet visibly wealthy city that people call the “pearl of the grasslands.” (Note: everything in China is the “pearl” of something.) I knew that IContinue reading ““Harbin isn’t that cold””
Nagoya = COOL
I have been in Nagoya for about two weeks now, and think it is time to make it official: Nagoya is the greatest place on Earth. My official reason for being here is to set up a research project with some wonderful collaborators at Aichi University (who generously hosted me to give two talks last week), butContinue reading “Nagoya = COOL”
Book reviews: Debating the “China model”
The China Model and Global Political Economy: Comparison, Impact, and Interaction, by Ming Wan.[Routledge Contemporary China Series Vol. 111.] Abingdon: Routledge, 2014. xx + 194 pp. China and Global Capitalism: Reflections on Marxism, History, and Contemporary Politics, by Lin Chun. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. viii + 266 pp. Much has been written about theContinue reading “Book reviews: Debating the “China model””
Interesting article on protest in Korea
An interesting piece by Lina Koleilat, who has spent the past year working with religious advocacy groups in Seoul and Jeju: The Sewol ferry tragedy and its ongoing impact on South Korean society
Thomas David DuBois 